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Journalism

My reporting sits at the intersection of law, power, and lived experience. I specialize in deep-dive investigations, justice sector coverage, gender and labor issues, and explanatory storytelling with bite. 

 

Fast turnaround or long-form, I’m driven by a thirst for truth, clarity, fairness, and unshakable curiosity. 

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NEWS

Principals, youth workers and parents are seeing the effects of vaping in the classroom, and at ever younger ages.

Anger Rises as Vaping Permeates Primary Schools

2024

The Guardian

Corrections’ push for double-bunking is prompting fresh questions about how well the system protects transgender people behind bars.

NZ’s Transgender Prisoners Fear Double Bunking Will Lead to More Rape

2016

VICE

The excitement of a treasure hunt turned to screams of pain for a group of primary school pupils after a mass wasp attack at Tahunanui Beach.

School Trip Turns Nasty as Wasps Attack

2014

The Nelson Mail

FEATURES

Women & the Legal Profession

2015

Law Talk

The Struggle to Find a ‘Decent Home’

2021

Al Jazeera

Up in Smoke

2012

Critic

INVESTIGATIONS

A close look at how legal aid reforms, fixed fees, and the expanding Public Defence Service affect who receives justice and who misses out.

Legal Aid & Access to Justice

2015

Law Talk

Mayoral candidate CeliaWade-Brown pledged to make Wellington a better place for cyclists. Three years on, cyclist numbers have doubled, butt is the city safer for them?

A Better Deal for Cyclists?

2013

The Wellingtonian

Long after sexual misconduct by a partner at one of New Zealand's top law firms, the profession is still grappling with the fallout.

#MeToo, Law & Disorder

2021

NZ Herald

COMMENT & ANALYSIS

No Fringe, No Indie is a column that aims to sketch the trials and tribulations of different sub-cultures in the cultural capital of New Zealand.

No Fringe, No Indie

2012

Critic

Fat people earn less, don't get promoted and face public shaming.

Fat Community Silenced, as Stigma Rife

2019

NZ Herald

When removing goods and services tax becomes a food fight.

The Tangled, Weird World of GST

2023

NZ Herald

Pink Sugar

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

Couples who can’t marry at home are travelling to NZ to say “I do.”

Same-Sex Couples are Travelling to NZ for Bittersweet Weddings

2017

VICE

Brocialist: a guy so in love with his own progressiveness he's convinced he can do no wrong. This extends to being a sexist jerk.

How to Spot a Brocialist

2016

VICE

From burnout to breakthrough: my late ADHD diagnosis and making sense of the chaos.

From Hot-Mess Express to an ADHD Diagnosis

2024

Sauce

PROFILES

From minimum wage to pay-wall success: how an OnlyFans star closed the wage gap at 19.

From Subway to Home Ownership at 19

2023

VICE

Obituary: Sir Ian Barker KC, one of New Zealand’s most respected judges and legal innovators, has died aged 88.

Sir Ian Barker: A Stalwart of the Legal Profession

2022

NZ Herald

Meet Dr Diana Sarfati, the public-health physician and cancer researcher now leading New Zealand's health sector.

Dr Diana Sarfati Appointed Director-General of Health

2022

Woman Magazine

EDITING

Globalisation, tech disruption and shifting client demands are reshaping the profession. This issue highlights the firms and lawyers embracing innovation, international growth and new practice frontiers.

Australasian Lawyer, Issue 3.1

2016

Australasian Lawyer

This issue celebrates a thriving legal industry, from the Australasian Law Awards finalists and this year’s rising young leaders to insights across in-house, insurance, agribusiness and cyber risk.

Australasian Lawyer, Issue 3.2

2016

Australasian Lawyer

In this issue, we talk politics and the law with Judith Collins, spotlight advocacy from across the spectrum, break down the TPPA debate, and explore Auckland housing, construction growth and emerging postgraduate pathways.

NZ Lawyer Magazine, Issue 8.1

2016

New Zealand Lawyer

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